Japan's prefectural digital divide: A multivariate and spatial analysis

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 992-1010

  Nishida, Tetsushi ^a   Pick, James B ^b   Sarkar, Avijit ^b  

^a Nag Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Digital divide; ICT policy implications; ICT use factors; Information and communication technologies; Japan; Regression; Spatial autocorrelation; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; ICT POLICY; ICT USE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; JAPAN; REGRESSION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84913600458     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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